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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| burgeon | to grow rapidly |
| burlesque | a speech or action that treats a serious subject with ridicule |
| burly | muscular |
| burnish | to polish |
| buttress | to prop up or support |
| cartel | association of businesses |
| cascade | to fall |
| caste | social class |
| castigate | to punish or criticize |
| casualty | an accident; one who is injured |
| cataclysm | a violent charge |
| catacomb | underground burial place |
| catalyst | person or thing that speeds up as result |
| cataract | large waterfall; cloudiness of the eye |
| catastrophe | disaster |
| catharsis | act of purification |
| catholic | universal; found everywhere |
| caucus | a meeting |
| caustic | severely critical |
| cauterize | to burn |
| cavalcade | a sequence of events |
| cavalier | a casually indifferent person |
| caveat | a warning |
| cavil | to argue |
| cavort | to frolic |
| celerity | swiftness |
| celestial | heavenly |
| celibate | unmarried |
| censor | to eliminate objectionable material |
| censure | to criticize or condemn |
| centrifugal | moving away from the center |
| certitude | certainty |
| cessation | stopping |
| chafe | to annoy |
| chaff | worthless material |
| chagrin | embarrassment |
| chameleon | a changeable person |
| chaos | complete disorder |
| charisma | great appeal or attraction |
| charlatan | a fake |
| chary | (of) careful |
| chasm | a wide gap |
| chaste | pure |
| chastise | to punish; to purify |
| chattel | slave |
| chauvinism | fanatical devotion to one’s country, sex, religion, etc. |
| cherub | an innocent person |
| chic | stylish |